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    Just floating an idea... literally
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Just floating an idea... literally

    An aero-trolley at Turner Falls, Oklahoma. This may have been the general idea of the proposed ferry over the Red River. Oklahoma.net In...
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    Success by trial
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Success by trial

    The Coincoin-Prudhomme house along the Cane River in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana was documented by the Historic Buildings Survey in...
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    Going the distance
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Going the distance

    The published account of the 28th Congressional Session in 1843 included a number of maps and drawings. These visuals helped to...
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    Cynthia Ann's long journey
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • May 15

    Cynthia Ann's long journey

    Cynthia Ann Parker's body is reburied at the Post Oak Mission's cemetery near Indiahoma in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1910. Her son, Quanah...
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    Walled in Denison
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jan 12

    Walled in Denison

    A while back, a reader of Red River Historian invited me to come to his property to see a very old structure. I'm not going to give away...
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    A remarkable man
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    A remarkable man

    One bright, sunny, and very hot day, I traversed the Texas portion of US 82 into Archer County from Wichita County, on my way to some...
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    Crossing at Doan's
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Crossing at Doan's

    If you counted yourself among the fashionable pioneer set, a MUST-DO was to cross into Indian Territory by way of the Doan's Store....
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    Milling around Eliasville
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Milling around Eliasville

    One of the easiest ways to spot a ghost town is to follow abandoned railroad lines. When the companies were building their right-of-ways...
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    Original Choctaw Town
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Original Choctaw Town

    Eagletown (McCurtain County, Oklahoma) began its existence within a decade after the Louisiana Purchase. American settlers, seeking new...
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    Ghostly Waters
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Aug 2, 2021

    Ghostly Waters

    Like Sulphur 40 miles to the west, Bromide (Johnston County, Oklahoma) was a spa town at the turn of the 20th century. Nestled inside...
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    Map for mathematicians
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Map for mathematicians

    Map fro the 28th Congressional Session, 1848, of distances between federal outposts in the American Southwest (LOC). The published...
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    Mansura mapping
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Mansura mapping

    I have never seen Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, well-represented on any map prior to satellite data. But we can figure out why...
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    Longitudinal confusion
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 26, 2021

    Longitudinal confusion

    The Red River Valley above Fulton/ Clarksville / Fort Towson was not fully mapped until after the Civil War. The first regional mapping...
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    Kiowa Calendar
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 11, 2021

    Kiowa Calendar

    The Oklahoma Historical Society has an unbelievable amount of photographs that only occasionally see the light of day. Their photos,...
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    Jefferson devolution
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 11, 2021

    Jefferson devolution

    Jefferson, the county seat of Marion County, Texas, became an inland port after the first federal Red River raft (massive log jam)...
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    Honeycutt Flat
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Honeycutt Flat

    Due to work related activities, I've been nosing around Gainesville (Cooke County, Texas) lately. The city was founded as a settlement in...
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    Whole 'nother county
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Whole 'nother county

    Texas likes that it's big, and between 1860 and 1894, it was actually a million and a half acres larger than it is today. That's because...
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    Great Spanish Road, Part II
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Great Spanish Road, Part II

    Vial's "Spanish Road" route begins in Natchitoches and passes by homes and ranches of traders/planters. It mentions several...
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    Great Spanish Road, Part 1
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    Great Spanish Road, Part 1

    One of the least studied but apparently, major trade arteries emanating from the Red River was the so-called "Great Spanish Road" that...
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    A Golden Road
    Robin Cole-Jett
    • Jul 6, 2021

    A Golden Road

    This map, published in Annaberg (Saxony), explained the relative location of Texas and the roads and trails that led to the California...
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